Thursday, 26 September 2013

Ancestry has added 187,465 records for those with early Canada interests. Canada, St. Lawrence Steamboat Company Passenger Lists, 1819-1838 includes passenger and freight lists from trips between Montreal and Québec City on the St Lawrence River.
The graph shows year by year the number of entries, each of which may include a whole family or group.
In addition to Montreal and Quebec the ports of Berthier, Sorel, Three Rivers are mentioned.
Sourced from the Rare Books and Special Collections at the McGill University Library.The Ships List has a free transcription of these records and more detailed contextual information.